Idiom
reality check
Meaning
A wake-up call; a reminder.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need a reality check about your spending habits.”
“Failing the final exam served as a harsh reality check for the student who had not studied all semester.”
“The sudden loss of his primary investor provided a sobering reality check, forcing him to reconsider the viability of his ambitious business model.”
Examples
simple
“You need a reality check about your spending habits.”
contextual
“Failing the final exam served as a harsh reality check for the student who had not studied all semester.”
complex
“The sudden loss of his primary investor provided a sobering reality check, forcing him to reconsider the viability of his ambitious business model.”
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